Answer:
The tree symbolizes the passionate and erotic love that jenie experiences when she gets her first kiss as a teenager.
Why is there life?
Life gods?
How do we get power?
Electric gods? Wind gods?
I don't know if these will help...
It depends on which word is in bold.
If the bolded word is <em>ribbon, </em>then it is used as a direct object in this sentence.
The winner is indirect object, and a ribbon is direct.